Don't hamsters drink water? For many people who want to raise hamsters, they will search for some breeding tips on the Internet in advance, but about drinking water, you will definitely see various answers. The most common one is that hamsters can not drink water. But is it okay for hamsters not to drink water? So can hamsters not drink water?

The correct answer is yes, but the owner must ensure that the hamster can get enough water from other food. If the hamster cannot get any water, the general life can only last about 3-7 days. Although the hamster's water needs are very small, it also needs to meet its water needs from vegetables and fruits.
In addition, when we raise hamsters, if we want them to drink water, we must give the hamsters to drink water correctly. Due to water pollution, quality problems in drinking water and other reasons, there are peculiar smells, the taste of water is very strange and unacceptable to hamsters, etc. These problems will affect the normal drinking of hamsters. Drinking too much or lack of water will cause harm to the hamster, and may also get sick. Find a way to make the hamster drink water.

The specific method is to install a special drinking fountain near the hamster, just like this one in the picture, and then drop the water from the drinking fountain into the cage, and the hamster will know that it is a drinking fountain when it comes to see the water on the ground When it drips, it will drink from the drinking fountain. Or artificially touch the water outlet of the drinking fountain with the hamster's mouth, so that the hamster knows that there is water here, and when you get used to it, you will know to drink water.
So, although the hamster can not drink water, as the owner, you still have to prepare the utensils for it to drink water. After all, any animal cannot do without water.
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